Keeping young adult cancer survivors on recommended follow-up and screening
From active treatment to long-term cancer survivorship – Understanding how care patterns drive adherence to surveillance and screening guidelines
This project looks at whether how young adult cancer patients use healthcare during and after treatment affects whether they stay up-to-date on long-term cancer surveillance and screening.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Salt Lake City, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11348544 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You are a young adult cancer survivor who may face insurance challenges, financial strain, and fragmented care as you transition from treatment to survivorship. Researchers will compare patterns of healthcare use during treatment and immediately afterward between survivors who did and did not receive recommended surveillance and second-cancer screening five years after diagnosis. The team will use clinical and administrative data and link care-management features to follow-up outcomes and to refine navigation supports like the CHAT-S virtual insurance program. The goal is to identify care patterns that help keep survivors connected to the right screenings and follow-up over the long term.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are young adult cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment and whose care can be tracked during treatment and into the survivorship period, especially those approaching five years after diagnosis.
Not a fit: People who are not young adult cancer survivors, those already enrolled in robust survivorship programs with consistent follow-up, or patients outside participating U.S. care systems may not benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could help more young adult survivors keep up with recommended surveillance and screening so recurrence or second cancers are found earlier and care gaps are reduced.
How similar studies have performed: Related navigation programs such as the parent CHAT-S effort have shown promise for improving access and continuity, but their long-term effects on surveillance adherence are still being clarified.
Where this research is happening
Salt Lake City, United States
- Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah — Salt Lake City, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Kirchhoff, Anne C — Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
- Study coordinator: Kirchhoff, Anne C
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.